NOT February 10th.

by Specialist5

You might think that getting the date right would be good enough. Well, such is not the case according to the rules of writing dates correctly so I’ll explain the differences of ordinal and cardinal figures te dates and the importance of commas te thesis dates.

Ordinal figures can be written spil a combination of numbers and letters or spelled out totally ter letters. Ordinal figures written ter the combination format are 1st, 2nd or 2d, 3rd, 4th, etc. Ordinal figures spelled out are very first, 2nd, third, fourth, etc. Always use ordinal figures when the day precedes the month or stands alone.

“When the day precedes the month or stands alone,” express it ter one of the two ways listed above. NOTE: The key word here is “precedes.”

For emphasis use the number/letterteken combination. The next VFW meeting will be on the 10th of February. NOT February 10th.

For formallity spell the day out te word form. The next VFW meeting will be on the tenth of February. NOT February tenth.

The next meeting will be the 10th of the month. Or, The next meeting will be the tenth of the month. Do not use a comma after the month when the year goes after: tenth of February 2012.

However, when a date is to include a period of time, a from-until date, the ending date can be written after the month. The circus will run from the 4th of June through the 10th.

For formality write: The circus will run from the fourth of June through the tenth.

The exception to this format is te formal legítimo documents, formal invitations and proclamations. All figures are spelled out ter their entirety.

Cardinal figures are 1, Two, Trio, Four, etc. Dates written using cardinal figures are written with the day after the month. February Ten, 2012

NOT February 10th, 2012, or February tenth, 2012.

Reminisce: Ordinal figures before the month, cardinal figures after the month. Fourth of July but July Four.

Do not use ordinal figures when writing a date ter military format or ter letters from foreign countries: day-month-year. 10-02-2012 (February Ten, 2012)

Use commas after the day and year when the date includes month-day-year. The date February Ten, 2012, will be significant this year.

Do not use a comma when writing only the month-year. Rain fall te April 2012 wasgoed the most recorded te the last 20 years. However, be sure to place a comma after the day when only the month-day are used. This year February Ten, will be a good day. The comma should be omitted after the year when other punctuation is used. Also, use a comma after the year to separate it from the surplus of the sentence when it emerges te an introductory dependent clause. “Merienda wij introduced our fresh product line te September 1992, it wasgoed clear that wij were ultimately on the road to a strong recovery.”

No comma is placed after a year ter a brief introductory phrase. “Ter 1992 wij opened six branch office ter the Southwest.” This same rule applies when the date is made up of just the month and the day.

However, be sure to use a comma after the day when the day is followed by a number. “On February 28, 27 managers from the Cincinnati plant will leave on a tour of . . . .”

Use two commas to set the date off if it is a nonessential expression. On Saturday, February 14, 2012, the VFW will sponsor a Valentine’s Day dance.

The date format Two/Ten/12 is acceptable on business forms and ter informal letters and memos. Be sure not to use this form if there is any chance the reader could mistake the sequence. February Ten, 2012 or October Two, 2012.

More date stuff:

When writing years of class graduations or well-known years ter history, abbreviated forms may be used. the class of ’93 or the winter of ’78. Be sure to use the apostrophe when abbreviating the year.

You can also abbreviate years te certain business expressions. FY 1994/95 or fiscal year 1994/95, the fall of ’91/92. Do not abbreviate years written ter a sequence: the years 1978, 1979 and 1980, and be sure to separate using commas spil indicated.

Now that you’ve got all this date gegevens, you may be astonished when people challenge you on some of thesis formats. Also, be sure not to be swayed by advertisments or commercials. They invariably get it wrong or are using some grammar-doesn’t-count-in-this-instance license because they get away with it. I guess it’s part of the fresh American speak or waterslang that has become so accepted by society. Don’t fall into the pit of grammar misuse. Rules are there for a reason, or am I being unreasonable?